U of I bumps fundraising goal to $1.7 billion

A campaign that went public Thursday has already topped $1 billion.

1:38 AM,
May 3, 2013

Written by

Tara Bannow
| Iowa City Press-Citizen

The success of a University of Iowa fundraising campaign that already has brought in more than $1 billion prompted its leaders to bump up their goal to $1.7 billion by December 2016.

U of I President Sally Mason said the campaign is the most ambitious fundraising effort in the state's history and one of the most ambitious nationally for a public university the size of the U of I.

"For Iowa, Forever More: The Campaign for the University of Iowa" has been collecting money in a silent phase since 2008. The previous goal was $1.5 billion, but officials said they realized last fall they already were ...